COPPA

 

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

 

With the distribution and access of iPads and Chromebooks within our schools comes an exciting world of instructional opportunities and strategies to engage our students in the 21st-century learning skills of communication, collaboration, critical-thinking, and creativity. The purpose of this letter is to explain the process and to familiarize you with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA requires that web-based sites and application providers obtain verifiable parental consent for children under the age of 13 to use these web-based tools. The Central Cambria School District is committed to the safety of our students, especially when it comes to students using online resources. To this end, we will be teaching students about appropriate online behavior including cyberbullying and the disclosure of personal information.

We also recognize that there are a number of excellent online educational resources that would benefit our students, often by providing unique learning experiences. Notably, interactive online resources provide some of the most compelling new educational tools for students. While allowing access to these interactive online educational resources, we also want to balance the protection of your child’s privacy and personal information.

The district has a list of approved apps and online resources that are essential to our educational programming. These services may provide teachers with student data or results for educational purposes and planning. We want to ensure that the sites and applications are going to be used for educational purposes and enhance the curriculum through student engagement. We encourage you to visit each website and review the privacy policy for how student data is used.

CCSD​ ​Applications​ ​and​ ​Interactive​ ​Online​ ​Resources

The following is a list of applications and interactive online resources that have been approved for use by our district for the 2023-2024 school year. This​ ​list​ ​of​ ​approved​ ​websites​ ​and​ ​apps​ ​is​ ​updated​ ​regularly.​ ​ ​

 

Parents​ ​and guardians​ ​should​ ​check​ ​www.cencam.org​ ​regularly​ ​​to​ ​stay​ ​up​ ​to​ ​date​ ​on​ ​the​ ​latest​ ​apps​ ​and​ ​websites​ ​approved for​ ​use​ ​across​ ​the​ ​District.​

 

Although not all of these applications and websites collect student data, we encourage you to visit each website and review the privacy policy for how student data may or may not be used. Another excellent resource for examining the privacy policies of applications is Common Sense Media.

Name of App/Website	Link
Accelerated Reader	https://hosted4.renlearn.com/25447/
Answer Garden	https://answergarden.ch/
Book Creator	https://bookcreator.com/
Brainpop	https://www.brainpop.com/
Class Dojo	https://www.classdojo.com/
Classkick	https://www.classkick.com/
Code.org	https://code.org/
Desmos	https://www.desmos.com/
DRC Insight Online Assessments	https://www.drcedirect.com
DuoLingo	https://www.duolingo.com/
Easy Bib	http://www.easybib.com/
EDpuzzle	https://edpuzzle.com/
Epic!	https://www.getepic.com/
Expeditions	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.expeditions&hl=en_US
First in Math	https://www.firstinmath.com/
Flipgrid	https://flipgrid.com/
GeoGuessr	https://www.geoguessr.com/
Go Math	https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/dashboard/home
Google Apps for Education	https://edu.google.com/?modal_active=none
Google Classroom	https://classroom.google.com
Google Earth	https://www.google.com/earth/
Google Tour Builder	https://tourbuilder.withgoogle.com/
GooseChase	https://www.goosechase.com/
Grammarly	https://www.grammarly.com/
iMovie	https://www.apple.com/imovie
iXL	https://www.ixl.com
Kahoot!	https://kahoot.com/
Khan Academy	https://www.khanacademy.org/
Math 24 app	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math24-puzzle/id1019062274?mt=8
Math Prodigy	https://www.prodigygame.com/
Nearpod	https://nearpod.com/
Newsela	https://newsela.com
NoRedInk	https://www.noredink.com/
Odysseyware	https://www.odysseyware.com/
Padlet	https://padlet.com/
Pear Deck	https://www.peardeck.com/googleslides/
Quizizz	https://quizizz.com
Quizlet	https://quizlet.com/
ReadWorks	https://www.readworks.org/
Screencastify	https://www.screencastify.com/
Seesaw	https://web.seesaw.me/
ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard	http://www.showme.com/
Socrative	https://www.socrative.com/
Splash Math	https://www.splashmath.com/
StoryboardThat	http://www.storyboardthat.com/
TED Talks	https://www.ted.com/
Thingiverse	https://www.thingiverse.com/
ThinkCentral	https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do?orgID=00895764
TinkerCad	https://www.tinkercad.com/
Tweentribune	https://www.tweentribune.com/
Tynker	https://www.tynker.com/
Wevideo	https://www.wevideo.com
WizerMe	http://app.wizer.me/
Wonder	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.makewonder.wonder&hl=en_US
YouTube	www.youtube.com